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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY BY THE HIGH POINT HIGH SCHOOL
Help the Bisons Beat
Greensboro
Friday
VoL. XIII, No. 5
High Point, N. C., Tuesday, October 16, 1928
Five Cents a Copy
H. P. H. tS. Attendance
Reaches 98 Percent for
the First Four Vfeehs
Misses Hunter and Bulwin-
kle’s Rooms, 302 and
306 Have the Best
Attendance
Recod
The percentage of attendance
for the high school during the first
four weeks was 98 per cent. The
entire student body had 530 ab-
senses and 130 tardies. Of this
number the seniors ranked highest
with 57 absenses and 31 tardies.
Next the juniors came, having 112
absenses and 21 tardies. The so
phomores had 171 absenses and 46
tardies. Last, the freshmen had
190 absenses and 42 tardies.
Of the entire school. Miss Essie
Dale Hunter, 302, and Miss Bul-
winkle, 306, had the best attend
ance records for the first month.
Of the freshman home rooms. Miss
E. Hunter’s room has the best
record which is 3 absenses and 2
tardies, although Misses Shipman,
Meador and Smith had rooms with
no tardies. Mr. Andrew s group
captures the prize in the sophomore
class having 8 absenses and 5
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IHEraMOES
TO BE IN EBIIIIH
Merit Shoe Co. Makes Offer to
Bison First to Cross Greens
boro Goal Line.
Through the generosity of W. W.
Brooks, manager of the Merit
Shoe Company, of High Point,
the Black Bisons will have an op
portunity to emerge from the game
with Greensboro next Eriday
crowned with glorious victory and
shod with bright new leather. Mr.
Brooks has offered a pair of his
best shoes to the first Black Bison
who dashes across the Purple arid
Gold goal line with the pigskin
tucked under his arm. This offer
would presumably give the back-
field men the advantage, since they
usually carry the oval through
lanes made by the men in the line.
But the guards, tackles, ends, and
the center all have a chance to in
case their feet with new leather.
The manager of the shoes com
pany stated that he will give two
pairs of shoes to the two men who,
in the opinion of the coaches and
an additional judge, perform most
satisfactorily in the line. In other
words, the two men who play the
most consistent football in the
line will walk away with shoes and
satisfaction. The two pairs of shoes
for the linesmen are to be awarded
whether the Black Bisons are able
to score or not.
Mr. Brooks is enthusiastically
supporting the local team and the
high school. He stated that he
would almost be willing to give
eleven pairs of shoes if H. P. H. S.
grid artists could only wallop the
Purple and Gold team from Greens
boro next Friday. The Merit Shoe
Company carries an advertisement
in The Pointer.
GENEVIEVE SHEETZ IS
WINNER OF ESSAY CONTEST
The city-wide contest for the
best essay on “The City Beautiful
was won by Genevieve Sheetz, a
junior. Wilson Southern and Lu
cille Sopp won first and second
place, respectively, in the high
school contest. The contest was
held during the second term of
school last year, and each student
was required to write an essay.
Y
ARE ON DISPLAY HERE
Money, consisting of both coins
and bills, from France, Spam,
Burma, Turkey, China, and from
an historic period of our own
country, is being displayed in the
library. The coins and bills are
placed on carboard sheets in the
glass exhibit case m the center ot
the library, together wit the name
of the contributor.
One interesting exhibit is of the
French money, which was secured
by Miss Harris, teacher of French,
when she was abroad last usmmer.
In this exhibit are francs, which
are now worth only four cents,
centimes, and coins of other de
nominations.
Another part of the exhibit is
the Spanish money. Some of this
is very large and looks exceedingly
old. Students who take Spanish
can probably decipher the inscrip
tion on these coins.
Of course, there is quite a lot of
Confederate money. This is doubly
interesting because it belongs to a
period in our own country’s history,
and was used here, especially in the
south. These bills are of various
denominations.
Another curious coin is the
Bermese coin. It is worth in our
money one twenty-fourth of a
cent. It is very small, and it is
interesting to see.
There are several Turkish coins,
of which the denominations are not
known here.
There is a sheet of Chinese mo
ney, mixed with quite a lot of
money which is not named.
Among the contributors are Miss
Harris, Jack Armstrong, Jack Har
ris, Thurlow Kearns, Richard
Hubbard, and Junior Hutchens.
EBWI
BEGIN MANY EHOIECIS
“Eighty-six boys are now taking
manual training under my super
vision,’’ said Grover Tome, super
visor of the manual training de
partment. “Many new projects
have been started and partly made
by the boys; and each seems to
take a keen interest in his work.’’
Mr. Tome states that he is very
well pleased with the progress the
boys are making, because they are
now ten days ahead of their sche
dule. Each boys is required to make
sketches and drawings of projects
before he is allowed to begin his
actual work on them.
The hind of work being done in
manual training, continued Mr.
Tome, has a tendency to create
initiative as to self-reliance, char
acter, sociability; and in general
it is a good stimulant for better
habits. He went on to say that the
projects being made by the students
manual training are so numerous
in their different forms that it is
impossible to name each one separ
ately. However, some of the more
popular ones are book cases, spinit
desks, end tables, tilt-top tables,
hanging wall book racks, colonial
corner shelves, combination mag
azine and book racks, study desks
and book case combined, drawing
boards for school equipment, up
holstered foot-stools, taberets, fern
stands, etc.
Mr. Tome said that he cordially
Invited not only the teachers and
student-body but also the patrons
of the school to come and visit the
manual training department. He
H. P. H. S.
School Has Nearly Fifteen Point
Lead Over State—Scores
High In English
Reports have recently been sent
to Mr. Johnston on the tests which
were given the senior class last
year, and they show that High
Point high school is far ahead of
the average in the state. The entire
rating of this school for 1928 was
97.15, while the state has only
82.91—nearly fifteen points differ
ence. This is the largest per cent
over the average that High Point
ever received, although she im
proves each year.
The examinations are sponsored
by the North Carolina college con
ference committee on admissions,
and cover a wide range of subjects.
Including every course which the
average senior has studied in high
school. They are given annually
to the graduating class, and from
these is drawn the school state
rating. They were first given m
1926 and then again in 1927. The
scores for the individual subjects,
compared for the last two years
were: In 1927 the English course
was rated 1.27 greater than the
average, while last year in litera
ture the students scored four points
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L
E
Our attitude toward school, out
side activities, scholarship, and care
of the school grounds, were sub
jects spoken on at the boys’ meet
ing Monday, October 8. Wilbur
Hutchins, presiding, spoke first.
“It is your attitude toward the
school’s work,’’ he said, “which
makes the difference between suc
cess and failure.’’ He showed that
the students and the faculty must
work in harmony to obtain the
best results, and concluded with
the statement; “We have talent,
learning, and reputation to make
us successful; and we ought to use
them.’’
Charles Kearnes next spoke on
the need in school of activities
other than one’s studies. His
speech was short, but forceful and
convincing.
David Parsons, in discussing
scholarship, emphasized the fact
that the primary object of going
to school is to obtain an education,
and that high scholarship should
be the ambition of every student.
The next talk, by Robert Davis,
was about the school grounds. He
explained the plan of the authori
ties in relation to the work now
going on, and showed the hoys
how they might help by obeying
the rules.
L. A. Andrews, a member of the
mathematics department, said a
few words in praise of the student
body and encouraged them in
scholastic efforts.
THREE “BIG SISTERS”
ADDED TO THE LIST
Three new girls have been added
to the list of Big Sisters, Lillie Mae
Stroud, Susan Sharp, and Anna
Lanier. At a meeting of the Big
Sisters on Monday morning, Oc
tober 8, Miss Albright urged them
to try to see their little sisters at
least once a week and to talk with
them. She asked the Big Sisters to
hand m a report telling how many
times they have talked with their
little sisters. If some of them were
unable to see the freshman girls m
their charge, they were urged to
see Miss Albright as early as pos
sible to see what could be done
about their schedules.
Reading from left to right: First Row—Carl Connor, vice president!
Raymond Ritchie, president; David Parsons, treasurer; Sam Winslow,
cheer leader. Second row—Dot Rankin, secretary; Lib Ragan, cheer leader
SENIOR OEFB ABE IMBANBREWSSEBESSES
AN INEEBESIING GROUP
Behold ye senior officers. A
worthy looking group, what?
Raymond Ritchie, president, is
one of the class’s prides. He is
finishing his high school course in
three years. He entered the South
Main Street high school in 1925.
from Elm Street, but left school
after his freshman year to go to
work. Returning last year as a
member of the sophomore class,
he took an active part in his class
activities. Last spring he was
elected to represent the rising
Junior class on the student coun
cil, but when he returned this year,
he decided to graduate with the
’29 class, so he was forced to resign
this honor. When the senior class
met, however, they choose him
for their leader. Raymond is
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BEACK BIGONS WIEE BE
El
Mr. J. R. Wagner, manager o
the Broadhurst and American
Theaters, has invited the coaches
and the football team to be his
guests at the Broadhurst Theater
next Wednesday evening, and at
the American Theater on Thurs
day evening. On Wednesday
Marion Davis will be seen in
“Cardboard Lovers.’’ Preceedlng
the main picture, the theater will
give the fourth in the series of
“Football Sense.” This number is
entitled “Defensive Half Backs.”
This series will be continued the
following Wednesday, and the
Black Bisons are again invited to
be the guests of Mr. Wagner. On
Thursday the team will enjoy the
Keith Vaudeville at the American
Theater.
The coaches state that pictures
giving football instructions should
prove quite helpful, and they are
very appreciative of the entertain
ment offered by the manager of the
local theaters.
NECESSIEYIYISION
“The amoeba, the smallest living
thing, has no eyesight, and there
fore swims in circles, never getting
anywhere.” This was the theme
T. Wingate Andrews, superin
tendent of schools, used in speaking
to the high school students at the
regular assembly on Friday morn
ing, October.12.
Mr. Andrews stressed the point
that nothing worth while can be
accomplished without vision; vision
not only of the eyes but of the
mind and soul. As a great example
of what such vision and courage
combined can do, he presented the
monumental achievement of Chris
topher Columbus.
Columbus, Mr. Andrews ex
plained, had the qualities of vision,
courage, and a worthwhile enter-
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T
HEAR PLANS DISCUSSED
The requirements for member
ship in the dramatic clubs and
what both clubs are expecting to
do were taken up before the
senior and the junior dramatic
clubs at a joint meeting on Tues
day morning, October 9.
Mr. Marshall in discussing the
plans said that the members would
study plays, pantomiming, learn
acting, the “gentle art of making-
up” and of costuming, and also
how to make stage noises. As an
example, by rubbing canvass with
a certain kind of tin, he gave an
imitation of a wind storm brewing.
Mr. Marshall also gave an illustra
tion of a pantomine, showing how
action can be “put across” very
effectively without words.
Miss Beard explained the basis of
membership to the dramatic clubs.
Every member must pay his fee of
one dollar by initiation night. This
money will help to pay for the ex
penses incurred on initiation night,
and to pay for subscriptions to
magazines.